‘In my experience, if I told an athlete that eating bird poo would help them recover quicker, they would do it.’ Such is the desperation for quick recovery methods, according to Dr Jessica Hill, a recovery specialist and an associate professor in Applied Sport and Exercise Physiology at the UK’s St Mary’s University Twickenham.
And who wouldn’t try it for a quick fix from the dreaded DOMS (delayed onset muscle soreness), dehydration and fatigue that can come after a long hard day in the saddle? But with the hunger for easy solutions comes plenty of debate and myth. Is it true that the
